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Post by ruppluver on Aug 22, 2013 16:51:44 GMT -6
 This is the dual drive shaft with the mounting brackets cut off. It has the hub & drive sprocket I will be using.Its just sitting on the shaft,NOT permanent yet After ALL the measuring was done,did it 3 times & double checked it again before tacking it in place.  The aluminum spacer was up against the hub.I had a vise grip clamped on the end of aluminum stop.After the hub was tacked on one side,I took it apart & welded the hub on the INSIDE!!! Like they originally were.  All I had was spacers from other front drives to take up the 3/8's inch gap, between the aluminum pieces. I'll probably leave it like this tho'.This will be going into a 1971 WT440.Getting rid of the dual drive track etc & putting in a center drive track,18x121". Am working on the rear axel shaft now. I suppose I could remake the snap ring groove & move the idler wheel in 3/8". I'll talk to my machinest & see what he says.  |
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Post by magnumal on Aug 23, 2013 16:29:59 GMT -6
Dan you could be making some good money putting these together for people ?
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Post by ruppluver on Aug 23, 2013 19:55:55 GMT -6
This is a hobby for me.If I would charge,then it becomes a business.I never want to turn a hobby into a purely profit thing.Sure,I sell sleds & parts for the monetary value,BUT I don't do it alot.People who need parts will be given a good deal,usually free or charged very little.I will help whenever the need arises.If some of you who live near me,need help,come on over,you will be helped.I'm not a genius by a long shot!! I like to think I have common sense,to sit down,think the problem through,fix the problem & try out the part that created the problem.If the how to do it's help just ONE person[even if that person should be me],the time it took to do it,plus posting pictures,it would be called a success in my book.Later.
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Post by yellowlab2 on Aug 24, 2013 19:57:41 GMT -6
Well said, Dan! Thought you'd like to know that your Apache took an Honorable Mention in the "Special Interest" Category at the show I was at today...figured it qualified for the category because they are pretty rare around here, AND it came all the way from North Dakota!!
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Post by ruppluver on Aug 24, 2013 21:49:34 GMT -6
wow! That's hard to believe.At least you are having fun with it. Riding & showing,that's great.
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